He was later rushed to the 37 Military Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Many people knew the late Amissah-Arthur as Ghana’s vice president during John Mahama‘s reign as Head of State.

However, here are four things you may not have known about the late former vice-president:

1. He used to be a lecturer

Not many people know of this but, Amissah-Arthur was actually a lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG) in the late 80s.

He lectured at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana for eight years, between 1980 and 1988.

But before then he also used to lecture in Nigeria, where he was a lecturer at the Department of Economics, Anambra State College of Education, Awka, Anambra State (August 1981 – July 1983).

2. He‘s worked as a consultant to the World Bank

The late Amissah-Arthur was not only known in Ghana as a great economist, but also his reputation in Africa and across the world was highly rated.

Before venturing into full-time politics, the 67-year-old used to work as a consultant for the World Bank in The Gambia. He also worked with the Netherlands government as a consultant to execute certain projects in Ghana.